Pentagonesen.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntəɡəˈniːz/, U.S.

/ˌpɛn(t)əˌɡɑnˈiz/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pentagon n., -ese suffix.

Etymology: < pentagon n. (see sense 3) + -ese suffix.

1. With plural agreement. The inhabitants of the Pentagon (pentagon n. 3); Pentagon employees collectively.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1944 Washington Post 10 July 6/2 Wiolat needs 8000 red points a day to serve..the 30-odd thousand Pentagonese.

2. The euphemistic or cryptic style of language supposedly used by the U.S. Department of Defense in official documents, communiqués, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups

indenture Englisha1568

water language1702

jockeyism1802

slum1812

Polari1846

stable-language1856

scientificism1860

water-slang1860

Oxfordish1863

galley-slang1867

pitmatic1885

commercialese1910

legalese1911

academese1917

Hollywoodese1920

businessese1921

Hollywoodism1925

trade unionese1927

advertisingese1929

officese1935

sociologese1940

Whitehallese1940

Newspeak1949

patter1949

Pentagonese1950

educationese1958

computerese1960

managementese1961

spacespeak1963

computer-speak1968

techno-jargon1972

business-speak1973

Eurospeak1975

Euro-jargon1976

technospeak1976

doctorspeak1977

corporate-speak1978

medspeak1979

mellowspeak1979

technobabble1981

teenspeak1982

management-speak1986

codespeak1987

1950 Statesville (N. Carolina) Daily Record 21 Dec. 4/4 ‘Torrid’ is the latest Pentagonese for critical materials with high priorities.

1961 Guardian 20 Mar. 1/4 Pentagonese—the Defence Department's penchant for turning nouns into verbs by the addition of a suffix.

1977 P. Howard New Words for Old 58 Low profile is Pentagonese, or American defence jargon.

1994 Sci. Amer. May 8/1 A Department of Defense program designed to equip U.S. forces to fight adversaries armed with ‘special’ weapons—Pentagonese for nuclear, biological and chemical arms.

2003 National Jrnl. (U.S.) (Nexis) 25 Oct. The New Iraqi Army will be distinctly limited: fewer than 40,000 men, mostly ‘motorized infantry’—Pentagonese for guys with rifles who ride in trucks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentagonese
释义	Pentagonesen. Brit. /ˌpɛntəɡəˈniːz/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˌɡɑnˈiz/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pentagon n., -ese suffix. Etymology: < pentagon n. (see sense 3) + -ese suffix. 1. With plural agreement. The inhabitants of the Pentagon (pentagon n. 3); Pentagon employees collectively.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1944 Washington Post 10 July 6/2 Wiolat needs 8000 red points a day to serve..the 30-odd thousand Pentagonese. 2. The euphemistic or cryptic style of language supposedly used by the U.S. Department of Defense in official documents, communiqués, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 1950 Statesville (N. Carolina) Daily Record 21 Dec. 4/4 ‘Torrid’ is the latest Pentagonese for critical materials with high priorities. 1961 Guardian 20 Mar. 1/4 Pentagonese—the Defence Department's penchant for turning nouns into verbs by the addition of a suffix. 1977 P. Howard New Words for Old 58 Low profile is Pentagonese, or American defence jargon. 1994 Sci. Amer. May 8/1 A Department of Defense program designed to equip U.S. forces to fight adversaries armed with ‘special’ weapons—Pentagonese for nuclear, biological and chemical arms. 2003 National Jrnl. (U.S.) (Nexis) 25 Oct. The New Iraqi Army will be distinctly limited: fewer than 40,000 men, mostly ‘motorized infantry’—Pentagonese for guys with rifles who ride in trucks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1944
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